Tyler-Kelsey

United States Tyler and Kelsey

land: 9,161,966 sq km water: 664,709 sq km //note:// includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia || //note:// US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is leased by the US and is part of Cuba; the base boundary is 28 km ||
 * ~ Geography ||~  ||
 * Location || North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico ||
 * Geographic Coordinates || 38 00 N, 97 00 W ||
 * Continent || North America ||
 * Area || total: 9,826,675 sq km country comparison to the world: 3
 * Area Comparison || about half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa; about half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger than China; more than twice the size of the European Union ||
 * Border Countries || total: 12,034 km border countries: Canada 8,893 km (including 2,477 km with Alaska), Mexico 3,141 km
 * Climate || mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains ||
 * Terrain || vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii ||
 * Natural Resources || coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, rare earth elements, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber //note:// the US has the world's largest coal reserves with 491 billion short tons accounting for 27% of the world's total ||
 * Natural Hazards || tsunamis; volcanoes; earthquake activity around Pacific Basin; hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the Midwest and Southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding; permafrost in northern Alaska, a major impediment to development; etc. ||

65 years and over: 13.1% (male 17,745,363/female 23,377,542) (2011 est.) || male: 76.05 years female: 81.05 years (2012 est.) || //note:// Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii || total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) ||
 * ~ People ||~  ||
 * Total Population || 313,847,465 (July 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 3 ||
 * Age Structure || 0-14 years: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">20.1% (male 32,107,900/female 30,781,823) 15-64 years: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">66.8% (male 104,411,352/female 104,808,064)
 * Life Expentacy || total population: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">78.49 years country comparison to the world: <span class="category_data">50
 * Nationality || American ||
 * Religions || Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4% (2007 est.) ||
 * Languages || English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census)
 * Literacy || definition: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">age 15 and over can read and write


 * ~ Government ||~  ||
 * Country Name (long form) || United States of America ||
 * Government Type || Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition ||
 * Capital || <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">Washington, DC ||
 * Chief of State/Head of Government || chief of state: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">President Barack H. OBAMA (since 20 January 2009); Vice President Joseph R. BIDEN (since 20 January 2009); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government head of government: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">President Barack H. OBAMA (since 20 January 2009); Vice President Joseph R. BIDEN (since 20 January 2009) ||

manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">20.3% managerial, professional, and technical: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">37.3% sales and office: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">24.2% other services: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">17.6% //note:// <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">figures exclude the unemployed (2009) ||
 * ~ Economy ||~  ||
 * Labor Force by Occupation || farming, forestry, and fishing: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">0.7%
 * Agriculture || wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish; forest products ||
 * Industry || highly diversified, world leading, high-technology innovator, second largest industrial output in world; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining ||
 * Exported Commodities || agricultural products (soybeans, fruit, corn) 9.2%, industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%, capital goods (transistors, aircraft, motor vehicle parts, computers, telecommunications equipment) 49.0%, consumer goods (automobiles, medicines) 15.0% ||
 * Imported Commodities || agricultural products 4.9%, industrial supplies 32.9% (crude oil 8.2%), capital goods 30.4% (computers, telecommunications equipment, motor vehicle parts, office machines, electric power machinery), consumer goods 31.8% (automobiles, clothing, medicines, furniture, toys) ||
 * Currency || US Dollar ||

country comparison to the world: <span class="category_data">2 ||
 * ~ Communication ||~  ||
 * Number of Land Line Phones || 151 million (2010)
 * Number of Cell Phones || 279 million (2010) country comparison to the world: 3 ||

country comparison to the world: <span class="category_data">1 || over 3,047 m: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">189 2,438 to 3,047 m: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">235 1,524 to 2,437 m: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">1,479 914 to 1,523 m: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">2,316 under 914 m: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">975 (2010) || paved: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">4,374,784 km (includes 75,238 km of expressways) ||
 * ~ Transportaion ||~  ||
 * Airports || 15,079 (2010)
 * Paved Airports || total: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">5,194
 * Roadways || total: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">6,506,204 km
 * Roadways Compared To The World || country comparison to the world: 1 ||

females age 16-49: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">71,941,969 (2010 est.) ||
 * ~ Miscellaneous Information ||~  ||
 * Military Branches || US Army, US Navy (includes Marine Corps), US Air Force, US Coast Guard ||
 * Manpower available for military service || males age 16-49: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">73,270,043
 * Illicit drugs || world's largest consumer of cocaine (shipped from Colombia through Mexico and the Caribbean), Colombian heroin, and Mexican heroin and marijuana; major consumer of ecstasy and Mexican methamphetamine; minor consumer of high-quality Southeast Asian heroin; illicit producer of cannabis, marijuana, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and methamphetamine; money-laundering center ||


 * ~ Sources ||~  ||
 * CIA Fact Book || [] ||